Salivarian Trypanosomes (Virtual Conference)

[CRAIG A KARHAN MLI MTC]

>The Second World Meeting on Salivarian Trypanosomes by Internet
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>                              (SWMST  9- 19 March 1998)
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>       Alberto M. R. Davila         &          Roberto Aguilar M. S. Silva
>         EMBRAPA/Centro de Pesquisa Agropecuaria do Pantanal
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>OPENING LECTURE: 
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>Aims of the OIE ad hoc group on NTTAT 
>Louis Touratier - Secretary/Coordinator, OIE ad hoc group on NTTAT
>(France) 
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>Monday 09 - EPIDEMIOLOGY 
>
>The likely role of pigs and deer in the spread of Trypanosoma evansi
>in Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya. Reid SA, Husein A, Copeman DB,
>Hutchinson GW - James Cook University (Australia) 
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>Bovine Trypanosomosis in Brazilian and Bolivian lowlands: Evidence for
>disease spreading by cattle routes Roberto Aguilar M. S. Silva &
>Alberto M. R. Davila - EMBRAPA/CPAP (Brazil) 
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>Seroprevalence of Equine Trypanosomosis in the Pantanal 
>Alberto M. R. Davila & Roberto Aguilar M. S. Silva - EMBRAPA/CPAP
>(Brazil) 
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>Tuesday 10 - SPECIAL SESSION: 
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>Characterization of Trypanosoma rangeli strains isolated in Central
>and South America Edmundo C. Grisard - Universidade Federal de Santa
>Catarina (Brazil) 
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>The circulation of trypanosomatids in the sylvatic environment 
>Ana Maria Jansen - FIOCRUZ (Brazil) 
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>Wednesday 11 - BIOCHEMISTRY, DRUGS AND CHEMOTHERAPY 
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>Histidine phosphorylation in T. brucei 
>Thomas Seebeck - University of Bern (Switzerland) 
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>Laboratory and field evaluation of biodegradable polyesters for
>sustained release of isometamidium and ethidium Stanny Geerts -
>Institute of Tropical Medicine (Belgium) 
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>Innate resistance to African trypanosomiasis 
>S. J. Black, Qin Wang, Jun Wang, Madhavi Muranjan, Jan G. - University
>of Massachusetts (USA) 
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>The dynamics of calcium homeostasis in African trypanosomes 
>Larry Ruben, Zhao-Hui Xiong, and Evelyn Ridgley - Southern Methodist
>University (USA) 
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>Novel approaches to antitrypanosomal chemotherapy 
>Simon Croft - London School of Hygiene & T. M. (UK) 
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>Therapy of Human African Trypanosomiasis - Current situation 
>Jorge Atouguia - Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (Portugal) 
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>Friday 13 - MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 
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>Comparative Genomics and Efficient Gene Discovery in the African
>Trypanosomes. Phelix Majiwa, John Donelson and Appolinaire Djikeng -
>ILRI (Kenya) 
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>Evolution of Salivarian Trypanosomes 
>Jamie Stevens & Wendy Gibson - University of Bristol (UK) 
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>Application of differential display to trypanosomes: identification of
>targets for new control options Murphy, N. B. and Pelle, R. - ILRI
>(Kenya) 
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>Programmed Cell Death in Trypanosomatids 
>Susan Welburn - University of Glasgow (UK) 
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>Mechanisms mediating antigenic variation in Trypanosoma brucei 
>Gloria Rudenko - Netherlands Cancer Institute (Netherlands) 
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>Monday 16 - MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS AND IMMUNOLOGY 
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>Bovine trypanosomosis and immunosuppression 
>Katherine A. Taylor and Bea Mertens  - ILRI (Kenya) 
>
>Review on the Molecular Tools for the understanding of the
>Epidemiology of Animal Trypanosomosis in West Africa. G. Duvallet, S.
>de La Rocque, J.M. Reifenberg, P. Solano, T. Lefran=E7ois, Z. Bengaly,
>I. Sidibe, M. Desquesnes, D. Cuisance and G. Cuny - CIRAD-EMVT
>(France) 
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>Outbreak of trypanosomosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 
>DT de Waal , RC Carter , O. Matthee & R.J. Bagnall - Onderstepoort
>Veterinary Institute (South Africa) 
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>Improved methods for the diagnosis of African trypanosomes 
>D.E. Rebeski, E.M. Winger, B. Rogovic, M.M. Robinson J. Crowther R.H.
>Dwinger - Joint FAO/IAEA Division Animal Production and Health Section
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>Tuesday 17 - SPECIAL SESSION: 
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>The genus Endotrypanum: Characterization of an Interesting
>Trypanosomatidae Antonia M. R. Franco - IOC/ FIOCRUZ (Brazil) 
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>Wednesday 18 - ECONOMY, VECTORS AND CONTROL 
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>Can remotely sensed NOAA and METEOSAT derived data significantly
>contribute to reduce costs of tsetse surveys? Hendrickx, G., Napala,
>A., Rogers, D.J., Bastiaensen & Slingenbergh, J.H.W. -
>FAO/Trypanosomosis control project (Togo). 
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>The Programme Against African Trypanosomiasis- a Joint FAO, WHO, OAU
>and IAEA initiative Brian Hursey - FAO, Animal Health Service 
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>Estimated financial impact of Trypanosoma vivax on the Brazilian
>Pantanal and Bolivian Lowlands Andrew Seidl, Colorado State University
>(USA) 
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>Integrated control of african trypanosomosis 
>Peter Holmes - University of Glasgow (UK) 


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Craig Karhan